Ignacio@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoDisallow GPTBot to access your siteplatform.openai.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkDisallow GPTBot to access your siteplatform.openai.comIgnacio@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoOr don’t do anything. There are plenty of crawlers out there and disallowing won’t stop the unethical ones.
minus-squareZikeji@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoJust because some people might break into my house doesn’t mean I’ll stop locking my doors.
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agothat doesn’t lock anything, it’s not a security feature.
minus-squareArakwar@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoA house door lock isn’t that much about security either.
minus-squareZikeji@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIt’s a deterrent. Which is a pretty apt comparison for robots.txt and user agent blocking.
Or don’t do anything. There are plenty of crawlers out there and disallowing won’t stop the unethical ones.
Just because some people might break into my house doesn’t mean I’ll stop locking my doors.
that doesn’t lock anything, it’s not a security feature.
A house door lock isn’t that much about security either.
It’s a deterrent. Which is a pretty apt comparison for robots.txt and user agent blocking.